World Cup 2026

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Mate - I was 10 when the 1970 world Cup took place - Pele was phenomenal- as were that Brazilian team generally... touch, vision, timing ... and intelligence...

Was also luck enough to see the Dutch team with Cryuff in '74...

Peles best performance was in Escape to victory in my humble opinion

Cruyff was a baller tho I agree
 
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Peles best performance was in Escape to victory in my humble opinion

Cruyff was baller tho I agree

We had a top defence in 1970 ... but we couldn't cope with him - if not for arguably the best save of all time from Banksy, they would have beaten us 2-0.

Loved footie back then - was magical but, as Roger Daltrey once sang "I was just a boy ..." :emoticon-0178-rock:
 
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We were cheated in ‘70 by corrupt police arresting Bobby Moore. Need to see a scandal on the eve of the Croatia game as Jarrell Quansah ends up in a Florida nick for nicking a watch.
 
It'll be an odd world cup.

Way too many groups and completely meh group matches.

But a 32 team knock out stage sounds proper world cup.
if anything it’s inclusive

Good for the bantz here 40odd peeps rinsning each other for the next month


Hopefully Like the old days….kinda
 
if anything it’s inclusive

Good for the bantz here 40odd peeps rinsning each other for the next month


Hopefully Like the old days….kinda

Don't have much faith in the newbies non Prem board regulars tbh like that whatever/whoever **** in my group
 
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We were cheated in ‘70 by corrupt police arresting Bobby Moore. Need to see a scandal on the eve of the Croatia game as Jarrell Quansah ends up in a Florida nick for nicking a watch.
Hopefully we get footage of a hotel 3some With the England team and a few pics of refs sniffing some pablo at half time in handing out the oranges

Unlikely but we can hope
 
Hopefully we get footage of a hotel 3some With the England team and a few pics of refs sniffing some pablo at half time in handing out the oranges

Unlikely but we can hope
Can absolutely imagine Grealish with a brass the night before the match being front page of The Sun. No obvious candidate from this lot. Toney maybe. Spence perhaps.
 
Did some predictor thing for bantZ from group stage all way to final and got Brazil winning it

Brazil v Germany
France v Argentina

Brazil v Argentina final

Brazil winning
That’ll be some shout. This Brazil squad is the weakest I have seen in my lifetime. Don’t see them beating any of the top 3-4 countries in this WC.
 
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Richarlison decent for Brazil... played well last world cup too...plus Neymar going out with a bang imo.

Pele over rated

Good actor though
Agreed about Pele. Scored about 1,000 goals but 927 of them were against utter dross. He wasn’t even the best Brazil player in his time, nevermind the best ever. Maradona was a much better baller.